I found this weird joystick

[undead455]

I found this at a Salvation army today for $2 and I would like to know what it is. The casing is the exact same shape and size as a Neo Geo controller. Any help would be great.
http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/undead455/Weird_joystick.jpg

Keep on Gaming 8-)

[Mr. Smashy]

Does the stick use switches like the similar Neo Geo ones?

[tholly]

looks like a genesis controller in the shape of a Neo Geo arcade stick

[tholly]

o....and by the way...that Neo Geo avatar you are using....i made that for the Tribe Island contest....im glad you liked it enough to use it.

[Kamino]

it might be more helpful if you took a good picture of the plug. that's the surefire way to i.d. it, unless it's the old 80s standard DB9, but then at least we have a ballpark of systems to work at ;)

[rbudrick]

That's a very cool find there...looks pretty high quality. Have you tried the Sega Arcade stick? Is it better?

Is there any other markings on it, other that"iMP?"

-Rob

[christianscott27]

holy moley!

i've got the same damn mystery controller. i've had it for ages and never found out what it is. i handed it to no less authority than DP himself and he didnt know what it was...google is no help either. well anyways i never posted a picture of mine online so maybe this will help both of us find out what it is. it takes 4 AA batteries and has 9 pin port (ala atari 2600), an 8 hole din and a covered port that looks like it might take a ribbon cable? so there you have it, the rest you can see.

my hunches have leaned toward an all in one TV game (unlikely), a genesis controller (but why all the extras?) or some sort of PC games controller (more likely).

[Kamino]

holy moley!

i've got the same damn mystery controller. i've had it for ages and never found out what it is. i handed it to no less authority than DP himself and he didnt know what it was...google is no help either. well anyways i never posted a picture of mine online so maybe this will help both of us find out what it is. it takes 4 AA batteries and has 9 pin port (ala atari 2600), an 8 hole din and a covered port that looks like it might take a ribbon cable? so there you have it, the rest you can see.

my hunches have leaned toward an all in one TV game (unlikely), a genesis controller (but why all the extras?) or some sort of PC games controller (more likely).


might seem a bit too simple to be wise, but, have you tried actually USING the controller on genesis? my advice would be to monkey with it, put it on genesis, then try it on cv, 2600, 7800, and coleco just for fun.....see if it works....yeah it'd be nice to know what it really is for....but personally i'd be happy just using the damn thing!

[undead455]

Ok it does use micro switches and has an a b switch on the bottom
im off to go and try to see if it works with any of these systums i have stacked on shelves beside me

keep on gaming 8-)

[undead455]

o....and by the way...that Neo Geo avatar you are using....i made that for the Tribe Island contest....im glad you liked it enough to use it.
i love the neogeo avatar it is cool looking

[TEXASGAMEPLAYER]

I saw one too but didn't know what it was for

[Pedro Lambrini]

Maybe it's controller for more than one system, you know, like the joypad you buy that are SNES and Megadrive compatible. That'd expain the different connections and it would make it hard to pin down. If it's made by somw small, obscure company then finding info online is probably nigh impossible as well...Good luck anyway! :)

[Mitch_Naz]

It definitly looks like a Neo Geo arcade controller, but im not sure.

[tholly]

It definitly looks like a Neo Geo arcade controller, but im not sure.


yea....it looks like one....but it doesnt have a "D" button......

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

looks like a genny stick to me BTW can be used on SMS, 2600, and 7800, systems as well I think.

[undead455]

I was doing some searching and it seems that Sega made a similar version for the Mega Drive I found this onEbay Austraila site It's not exactly the same but mabe a small third party company made a similar one.
Link (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3653&item=8125334751&rd=1)

Keep on Gaming 8-)

[Ed Oscuro]

That last one looks like a generic three button controller...no Neo Geo housing, no funky cables, doesn't seem to be significant in this question. Looks interesting, though.

[The_EniGma]

take a picture of the connector please

Also its like my fanta stick ie. unoffical and not much known but my stick looks better :P

Also it can't be a neogeo stick because there is no D button only ABC


http://img34.exs.cx/img34/2241/stick1.jpg

[Avenger]

just start tryin to plug it into all your systems...youll hit gold sooner or later :)

[christianscott27]

alright now...

everybody, the reason i'm not just plugging it in is the lack of a proper cable. its like this- the controller has a male nine pin port so that means all of my sega/wico joystick extension cables wont work cause they are male/female ends. what i would need to test it would be a female/female 9 pin cable. the second port reminds me of a computer keyboard in, a DIN, no idea on that one and the third port is even more mysterious.

if anybody has and ideas on how to work around the lack of a female/female cable let me know.

[undead455]

Same problem here I don't really want to pick up a serial mouse cable and a gender changer (if it even works) just to test the joystick. I'll see if my friend has a cable though.

Keep on Gaming 8-)